Before I discovered the Red Pill, I was book-smart and nothing else, too focused on writing essays and acing tests to take care of my body, build a social circle, or talk to girls. Weirdly enough, my first introduction to Red Pill principles (even before I'd read a word of TRP) was one of the nerdiest fucking things I've ever done- spending the summer between sophomore and junior year doing SAT prep. Some of the principles I picked up from studying for the SAT apply to working out, gaming girls, and developing myself as a person.

Do Something Every Day

When I was practicing for the SAT, the books I bought and the online programs I referenced all said that daily practice was important. That didn't mean doing a whole practice test every day, or spending hours drilling questions, it simply meant doing at least a few questions every day. This helped me stay familiar with the style of the test and keep my mind sharp.

Let's apply this to one of TRP's prime directives- learning a useful skill or just honing a hobby. One of my hobbies is singing, and I perform and take lessons on occasion- but the most improvement has come from singing for a few minutes every day for the past year and a half. Learning a language is another skill that benefits from just a few minutes of work a day. I recently started taking an Arabic class that meets three times a week, and to supplement it, I've been working on my Arabic for just a few minutes every day, writing out the characters or saying some basic greetings in the mirror. If I was taking singing lessons or an hour-long Arabic class every day of the week, I'm sure I'd be burned out, but a little bit of work every day has really helped me improve.

Nothing Beats the Real Thing

Another critical part of my SAT prep was that I took a mock SAT from the College Board once a week. Every Saturday morning, I would wake up at 6, get dressed, have some breakfast, and be ready to go at the time the real test would start. By the time I actually took the SAT, I didn't feel nearly as nervous as I was expecting- it was just another Saturday morning to me. Practicing math skills, reading single passages, and doing independent batches of questions was helpful, sure, but when it came to actually improving my performance on the SAT, nothing compared to actually taking tests.

I think this is the perfect principle to apply to gaming girls. TRP prescribes quite a few things to get yourself in bed with a pretty girl: lifting, getting a good haircut and decent clothes, and learning some openers, to name just a few. The most important thing, however, is to actually get the fuck out there and talk to women- you could be a model, a millionaire, have the strongest fucking frame on God's green earth, and memorize pick-up lines and PUA tactics religiously, but if you don't actually use all these things to talk to girls, you'll make a fool of yourself when the time comes to actually game one. There's really no better substitute to get good at something than to do that very thing, over and over until you're goddamned fantastic at it.

Drill Down on Weaknesses (Until You Don't Have Any)

The English section of the SAT came pretty easily to me, but the math was a challenge- a wide array of subject matter, some of which I wasn't familiar with. Every time I took a practice test, I would write down what kinds of questions I got wrong, and give those special attention in my practice during the week. By the end of the summer, I was starting to find that I didn't have weak areas in math anymore. Obviously, I'd still get a stray question wrong, but I had focused on developing my weak areas to make sure they wouldn't hurt me when I needed those skills.

There's no specific activity that this principle applies to; rather, it should guide you generally in all walks of life. Feeling a slump in your career? Go out and learn a marketable skill, or get started on growing your own business. Too much body fat, or not enough muscle? Get your ass in the gym and start running. Going through a dry spell or having trouble getting girls interested? Go talk to girls. If you want to eliminate your weaknesses in any area of your life, there's no alternative to fixing that shit- just saying "that's that" and accepting that you'll always be broke, or chubby, or a virgin, is blue-pill as fuck and entirely unacceptable.

Just as a footnote, I don't want any of these points to be mutually exclusive- you can practice gaming girls every day, or tailor your workout to strengthen the weakest parts of your body, or go out and dance at a party or a club instead of just taking lessons. The examples are just examples- these three principles can be broadly useful in your lifelong journey of self-improvement.